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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
The Chest Clinic Occupational Therapy Department has had a very
busy year, and there have been more requests for visits to provide home
Occupational Therapy for house-bound patients than in previous years.
Most of these patients have already been visited and it is hoped that
the remaining few will be catered for in the New Year.
The turnover of work done by the patients has increased in most
cases this year, and public demand for handicrafts has been more
noticeable.
The Annual Christmas Sale at Queen's Hospital was again a
success, but it was decided to make an effort to find a more central
place than Queen's to hold the Sale in future years, in the hope of
attracting more of the general public.
VENEREAL DISEASES
New cases of Syphilis were more numerous than in 1965, and
markedly above the numbers for previous years. There was a substantial
rise in cases of gonorrhoea and these included 1 boy under 16 years of
age. Our routine health education programmes for older school children,
stress the avoidance of these infections and the importance of prompt and
effective treatment.
For detailed figures see Appendix.
PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE
Very considerable use has been made of the facilities for bacteriological
and other laboratory examinations of Public Health nature. I take
this opportunity to thank Dr. W.R.G. Thomas, Consultant Bacteriologist
at Mayday Hospital for his ready assistance and most helpful advice
which have been available at all times.
For detailed figures, see Appendix.